M61 Northbound Lane 1 closure (MP 27/6 to 29/3)
ClearedM61 Northbound Lane 1 closure (MP 27/6 to 29/3)
- Start time
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Road
- M61 – M61 Northbound Between J8 And J9
- Category
- Construction Work
- Direction
- Northbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Construction Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:10 PM
- Last updated
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 12:31 AM
- Cleared
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Latest update: M61 Northbound Lane 1 closure (MP 27/6 to 29/3)
- Coordinates
- 53.677455, -2.626941
- Latitude span
- 53.670460 – 53.685752
- Longitude span
- -2.628102 – -2.625205
- Bounding box centre
- 53.678106, -2.626654
- Location descriptions
-
- M61 northbound between J8 and J9
- M61 northbound within J8
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 4:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 8 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
14 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound between J8 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {A9AB319C-295D-4B2B-9A26-B98776BDDBE2}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 838 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.675933 -2.627912 53.676211 -2.627961 53.67657 -2.627997 53.677568 -2.628102 53.678161 -2.628066 53.678727 -2.628059 53.679663 -2.627952 53.680247 -2.627839 53.680626 -2.627724 53.680677 -2.627709 53.680905 -2.627652 53.681877 -2.627288 53.682868 -2.626819 53.683364 -2.626569
Segment 2
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound between J8 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {1B466D61-602C-48B9-A474-B8673A441A8D}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 280 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.683364 -2.626569 53.683833 -2.626303 53.684563 -2.62589 53.684819 -2.625742 53.68551 -2.625344 53.685752 -2.625205
Segment 3
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound between J8 and J9
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {ECB1107E-F2D8-423B-BB0F-4E61E6A8BDA8}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 250 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.673716 -2.627273 53.673725 -2.627273 53.674317 -2.627494 53.674838 -2.627653 53.67552 -2.62783 53.675861 -2.627895 53.675933 -2.627912
Segment 4
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {CC415AC4-F4F2-4407-9C58-0DF150D42BB7}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 85 m
- To Distance
- 122 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.67046 -2.625321 53.670747 -2.625534 53.670768 -2.625549
Segment 5
6 coordinate pairs- Description
- M61 northbound within J8
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- North Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M61
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {ACC9A844-7A5C-4133-AA30-C272425B7D8F}
- Linear Element Type
- A Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 347 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
53.670768 -2.625549 53.670884 -2.625642 53.671144 -2.625812 53.671896 -2.626308 53.672846 -2.626851 53.673716 -2.627273
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 36
- First coordinate pair
- -2.627912, 53.675933
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 36
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Construction Work
- Detailed cause
- Construction Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Sun, Sep 27, 2026 8:10 PM
- Record versioned
- Mon, Sep 28, 2026 12:31 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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